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Election 2024: key primary dates

With the presidential primary season well underway with contests in various states, the primaries for the other contests on the ballot in November will begin to be held in the coming months. With all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 34 seats in the Senate, and 11 governorships on the ballot in November, voters […]

Indictment of FBI informant may have mixed results for Joe Biden in 2024 race

The recent news that the Department of Justice indicted an FBI informant for lying about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s foreign business dealings may not be an expected boon for Biden’s reelection campaign. Alexander Smirnov was charged with two counts of making false statements on Thursday as part of special counsel David Weiss’s investigation. Smirnov alleged in 2020 […]

What happens if Fani Willis is disqualified in the Trump election case?

The most pressing question in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump in Georgia has become whether a judge will disqualify the lead prosecutor from it. Judge Scott McAfee presided over a stunning, drama-filled two-day hearing on Thursday and Friday to examine the matter, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could now […]

The Debrief with Tim Carney: The stakes behind the tax bill in Congress

Washington Examiner Senior Columnist Tim Carney joins Investigations Editor Sarah Bedford to discuss the stakes involved in the child tax credit bill that passed the House of Representatives. They also talk about the state and local tax deduction plan that failed on Capitol Hill and how Republicans are split over the issue.

Social Security update: Second round of February payments worth $4,873 goes out in three days

The next wave of February’s three Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest earners who retire at 70, will go out to a second group of retirees in three days. Retired seniors born on or between the 11th and 20th of their birth month will receive the second payment this Wednesday, according […]

Social Security update: March direct payment worth $943 goes out in 12 days

Millions of beneficiaries will receive March’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943 for individual filers, in less than two weeks. The payment will go out 12 days from now, on Friday, March 1, and is just the second paycheck for 2024 because no payments went out in January due to a scheduling quirk […]

Inflation proving stickier than expected has dashed hopes for quick Fed rate cuts

Inflation isn’t moving down as quickly as the Federal Reserve hoped, forcing investors to dig in for a longer wait for the central bank to begin cutting interest rates. Two inflation reports this week undercut the notion that the Fed will begin its pivot to rate cuts sooner rather than later. The data show that […]

Jayapal rips House GOP for being ‘unable to govern’

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) blasted Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the House Republican Conference, whom she said “have been unable to govern” since they took control of the lower chamber of Congress last year. The Washington congresswoman appeared Saturday on MSNBC’s The Weekend to comment on the lack of action on pressing matters such as […]

DOJ to transfer almost $500,000 in forfeited Russian funds to Ukraine

The United States and Estonia will transfer nearly $500,000 in forfeited Russian funds to Ukraine, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Estonian Secretary General Tõnis Saar made the announcement Saturday at the Munich Security Conference. The U.S. forfeited the money “following the breakup of […]

Trump slams Judge Engoron as a ‘lunatic’ during Michigan rally

Former President Donald Trump excoriated New York Judge Arthur Engoron as a “lunatic” and “crooked judge” during a campaign rally in Waterford Township, Michigan, ahead of the state’s primary election on Feb. 27. The comments came one day after Engoron ordered Trump and his associates to pay roughly $364 million in penalties after a monthslong civil […]
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